Free-living amebic infection Pictures

Free-living amebae belonging to the genera Acanthamoeba , Balamuthia , and Naegleria are important...[Image Source: Trevor Haggie] Since 1962 only one patient (out of 128 confirmed infections) has...Kali Hardig, 12, poses in an undated family photo. The child suffers from a rare brain infection....@Most infections lead to uneventful recoveries. However. fulminant amebic colitis has a mortality...Microscopic features: Histologic sections show severe damage to the olfactory tract and bulb and...Amebic lesions begin as small foci of necrosis that progress to ulcers. In the early stages the...